好 你想 你好好想 这一老一小的
“Okay. Think carefully about it. Look at this lassie and granny.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我想想看
“I'll mull it over.”
好 你想 你好 好想 这 一老一小 的
“Okay. Think carefully about it. Look at this lassie and granny.”
“Please wait a moment. The store will be open for business soon.”
“Take your time thinking, but remember you are putting our family's vulnerable lives at risk.”
Invoking the vulnerable members of the family (the old and the young) is a potent moral leverage in Chinese culture to compel duty and urgency.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
think carefully; think it through
Commonly used either sincerely as advice or sarcastically as an ultimatum.
an elderly person and a young child; the vulnerable dependents
Frequently invoked in domestic arguments to emphasize moral and financial family responsibilities.
Ends an elliptical clause abruptly to leave the dire consequences of neglect lingering in the air.
